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Presidents and Thanksgiving
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
America has been abundantly blessed.
Author Archive for Dr. Gary Scott Smith
John Adams and American Independence
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Adams’s approach to political leadership is refreshing.
Presidents Day Reflections
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
The War of 1812 had many significant consequences.
Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast Remarks
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith on Feb 12, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice, The Economy, The Social Order 
We lack the will to alleviate many of society’s ills.
Theodore Roosevelt and Veterans Day
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Roosevelt strove to promote peace by strengthening the United States.
Abraham Lincoln and Slavery
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith on Feb 18, 2013 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Social Order
He insisted for three decades that slavery was a moral evil.
Testimonies of Heaven
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Earlier this year I went to the WPXI television studio in Pittsburgh to tape an interview. The technician who escorted me inquired, “What are you here to discuss today?” When I replied, “heaven,” he asked, “Have they found it?” As he correctly reasoned, the discovery of heaven would indeed be newsworthy. Thoughts of heaven are […]
The Controversial Faith of Barack Obama
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith on May 15, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious views onto the front pages. In defending his position, Obama stressed that he and his wife were “practicing Christians” and that his stance was supported by Christ’s teaching of the Golden Rule. Since his quest to win the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois […]
Easter and Heaven
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
As Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter, heaven is naturally on the minds of many. Recent polls indicate that between 75 and 90 percent of Americans believe that heaven exists, percentages that far exceed the belief by residents of other Western nations. As the author of “Heaven in the […]
Book Review: Patrick Henry: First among Patriots
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Among America’s amazing pantheon of founders, Patrick Henry stands out for his stirring speeches and fervent commitment to liberty, virtue, and small government. The Virginia planter, lawyer, and politician strongly denounced Great Britain’s political and economic control of the American colonies and played a leading role in the movement for independence. More controversially, Henry’s love […]
Good Deeds Create Good News
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Have you heard any good news lately? Bad news abounds. It’s been another tough year. Economic woes continue. Greece and Italy are on the verge of bankruptcy. Unemployment is still high in the United States (around 8.6 percent), and the stock market has taken a beating. With approximately $108 billion in insured catastrophic losses, 2011 […]
When Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
For more than a century baseball has been called America’s national pastime, and Major League Baseball is flourishing today. However, in recent decades, football—college and professional—has surpassed baseball in popularity and prominence. For many men and some women, fall weekends and football are synonymous. Both the National Football League and major colleges attract huge audiences […]
Race, Segregation, and Heaven
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
The new movie, The Help, based on Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling book by the same name, continues to lead ticket sales at the box office. Both dramatize the extent and tragedy of segregation and discrimination in the South during the early 1960s. Racism affected almost every area of Southern (and many areas of Northern) society before […]
Controversy Over “Heaven” Street Sign
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
The Red Hook section of Brooklyn recently renamed a street “Seven in Heaven Way” to honor seven firefighters who died trying to rescue victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center. The street was given this new name because the men who died—Joseph Gullickson, Brian Cannizzaro, Salvatore Calabro, Thomas Kennedy, Patrick […]
Heaven and Hell
by Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Heaven and hell are in the news and on Americans’ minds a lot lately. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is currently number one on the New York Times Best Seller List for nonfiction. It details a four-year-old’s near-death experience as told to his pastor father. […]
